You can never go wrong with a little bubbles and sparkling wine, especially on a hot day while waiting in long lines! I met up with Enore Ceola from Mionetto while at Chicago Gourmet to talk all things bubbly and sample their wine. As we sipped their Prosecco,…

Special events are made even more special when you are there with rock stars who know the wine business. Wine Channel TV. Chicago Gourmet. Pasternak Wine Imports and Marene Babula. WineChannelTV had the pleasure of interviewing Marene at the Bon Appetit presents…

I attended a Fleming's Steakhouse Media Wine Dinner with Kurman Communications recently, and had a feast of unbelievable food and wine pairings! Cindy Kurman and her husband Lee had met with me previously at the MidVentures Launch event I was filming at,…

Caymus Vineyards Cabernet and homemade BBQ is a winning combination for a beautiful day..or any day :) A few weeks ago I hosted WCTV's weekly #winechat ( which is Live every Thursday at 8pCT , join this week for a great giveaway!) with guest Frank Gutierrez.…

Earlier this year a Cabernet Shootout was held out West, that unfortunately I couldn't make. Yet, luck was on my side as the Cabernet Grand Challenge was being held again, this time in the Midwest, at BlueStar Wine Bar in Chicago. I first met with Chris, the…

Earlier this week I wondered how can one of the world's most expensive wines, Grand Cru Lafite Rothschild, be available for under $20? Well, it sort of is...and in Chile ! Chilean based Vina Los Vascos is the Chilean wine product of Domaines Barons de Rothschild-Lafite…

Rockstar Pink recently tweeted that she's a fan of New Zealand's Villa Maria Winery, and when I heard Sir George of Villa Maria was going to be at the New Zealand's Complexity Wine Event in Denver I had to meet with him to see what the hype was all about!…

Chef Charlie Palmer's restaurant Aureole in NYC is the place to visit for a one of a kind wine experience. I visited Palmer's Las Vegas location, and have been using that experience as my standard for measuring up to all other wine themed restaurants. While…